Once there was a youth called Rata. His men couldn't catch enough fish for his village. So rata went in the forest to find a big tree to carve it into a big canoe.He saw the best tree he wanted.And chopped it down.Rata went home.He came back and the tree was back up.He chopped it back down and walked all the way back to his house.
Rata and the totara tree
Once there was a youth called Rata. His men couldn't catch enough fish for his village. So rata went in the forest to find a big tree to carve it into a big canoe.He saw the best tree he wanted.And chopped it down.Rata went home.He came back and the tree was back up.He chopped it back down and walked all the way back to his house.